O'Malley said he believes "we've all been changed" by Friday's shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, and that the massacre may serve as a catalyst for lawmakers to tighten the state's gun laws.
"What I sense is there is a greater willingness among those who in the past felt that gun control measures were not as effective as some other things that we could be doing. I think there's been a change of heart and a greater open-mindedness in the wake of the murder of the innocent in Connecticut for people to take a look at, especially assault weapons," O'Malley, a Democrat, said during a year-end roundtable discussion with reporters.
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But would that school let a rifle carring person in the front door if his mother didn't work there?
As best as I can tell, the weapon used in Connecticut didn't meet the Federal definition of "Assault weapon." Plus, Connecticut is a rather strict state when it comes to possessing firearms.
Once again, it looks like legislation in search of a problem.
O'MALLEY IS A FOOL.
You cannot legislate away mental illness. We need better education and awareness but it still comes down to making the right choices. The guns used in the Sandy Hook shootings should have been locked away and out of the killers control.
But they were not...
In this case, the killer stopped killing others and killed himself after he saw another armed person who might be targeting him. Thank God for that person and I wish he may have gotten there sooner. I prefer more surviving children than anti-gun politicians.
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